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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Run away. You will get only excuses and excuses. You will receive some small amount as interest, but you principal is probably lost forever. Lot of loans have delays, possible will be defaulted. P... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

They will bait you with 'test' investments and everything will go fine and dandy. Once they catch you in their net and you will make a bigger investment, that's when things will get messy. Check their... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The worst crowd investment platform. I’ve started investing 3 years ago so far 65 out of 75 investment are either fraud or just not paying back without consequences/actions from Crowdestor. Wonde... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

It’s a scam. Money is not paid to investors, there are no updates on projects so we are completely in the dark of what’s going on. Communication is non existent. No one replies to emails or complaints... See more

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  1. Alternative Financial Service

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CROWDESTOR is a business crowdfunding platform that connects various business development projects with multiple prospective investors. The philosophy of crowdfunding is based on the power of the crowd.


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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Mixed views...

Mixed views with the bad being: long time (around 5 days for withdrawals) and news coming out slowly. Good thing: high returns (especially flex) and we as investors start seeing the progress made in recovery of funds.

I am 2 years with them now and it was good, then bad, then neutral and now good again. Happy to continue investing.

1 November 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

very good plateforme

very good plateforme
the flex investissement are very good, good rendement ( +20% / years ) and your money is not stacked, you can withdraw fund when you want.
the withdraw to account in bank is a bit long ( about 2weeks ) but its very good

21 December 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Most Projects are delayed for many…

Most Projects are delayed for many months. I guess they are dead. I was invested about two years, looks like there is no serious collection procedure. I dont trust Crowdestor anymore and sold my projects
for an apple and an egg on the secondary market.

28 October 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Wrong platform to invest, too much risks

Invested in 8 projects. First 3 were repaid the others are constantly delayed.

Looks like they are asking company to make a new loan to repay the first one.

Bad debt collection inexistant. I would run away and avoid this poor platform.

17 October 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Well rounded scam

This platform rarely payback any of the project you invest in. Prepare to lose when you put money there. Better stay away

28 September 2022
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I still like it

I have been invested here for several years and I am satisfied. Since Corona, more and more projects have been delayed, but that is not CROWDESTOR's fault. Most continue to pay, but with delays. There is also interest for the extra time.
Unfortunately there are not as many new projects as there used to be, but the new FLEX products are also great and I get the interest credited daily.

5 September 2022
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Investing here from more than 2 years…

Investing here from more than 2 years with no issues. After covid few projects failed, but this is not a fault of Crowdestor.
I see a lot of negative comments because people got surprised from this, but when you look for high rates you know you are taking high risks.
How can you thing that crowdestor could give you high rates with no risk? If you don't know this, better not to invest...in nothing.

2 September 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Dead

I mad a withdrawal request 2 weeks ago so far no money and no answer to e-mail. Although the website still works, i think the platform is dead.

1 September 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Investing here 2 years

Investing here 2 years. Currently i have 32 investments and they are split as following:
Current - 5
In recovery - 3
91+ days late 24

The return rate looks unrealistic. Lately almost all projects started defaulting, there is no information on some of them. However the withdrawals are working considering you have 10 Euro in you account.

The platform does not appear to be scam just very high risk with many defaulted loans. So basically the time it takes to earn this interest eats your interest as inflation progresses.

I do not recommend this platform.

23 August 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Horrible experience!

If you value your money, do not use this platform.
Just like most people, I made a small investment as a test, everything went well and all, and then I decided to go bigger. That was the biggest mistake of my life, as I have invested in a project (Fertilizer Export Financing) that apparently turned out to be a hoax, and for more than 2 years I've been getting only bs replies from their customer support.
So all in all, they have no due diligence to review borrowers or if they do, they are doing a 'great' job.

9 June 2022
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Shady practices

Shady practices. Stay away unless you are ready to lose your investment. Many of the projects they launch default. A lot of people I know have lost money on this platform.

6 June 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

65 out of 75 Invest in default - no actions from Crowdestor

The worst crowd investment platform.
I’ve started investing 3 years ago so far 65 out of 75 investment are either fraud or just not paying back without consequences/actions from Crowdestor.
Wonder how Crowdestor skin the game, seems that they have no interest in protecting their investors.

Invest and loose your money Crowdestor

3 June 2022
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

It is getting better after...

It is getting better after covid times. It hurt for a while but repayments are starting to come in since december 2021. So it is a nice recovery from the bad times during covid when alot of the borrowers were badly hurt.

5 March 2022
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Good platform with good returns

So far I've had good experience with Crowdestor. Their flex projects have a nice return and deposits and withdrawals are processed within a few days, which is more or less the standard to expect from Crowdlending platforms.

I think the site could be better because it is not always easy to find your way and get a good overview of your investments.

Also, communications could be a little better. Support always answers within 1 or 2 working days, but I was surprised when a project was suddenly repaid without notice. It turned out that the borrower canceled the loan and repaid the principal and interest.

22 February 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Too many projects facing payment delays

I started my investments in Crowdestor in 2019 with some nice expectations. I had a diversified portfolio of small investments into many different projects. Slowly, sa projects arrived to an end, very few of them were successfully closed. Today, after 3 years of experiment, 9/10 projects face late payments for more than 91 days with high chances I will loose all my money, despite the fact that those projects were not categorized as being risky ones.
My suggestion: find other ways to invest.

19 January 2022
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